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1910 


' I 'O  THE  Librarians  of  our  Traveling 
Libraries: 

The  North  Dakota  Public  Library  Com- 
mission sends  cordial  Greetings  for  the  New 
Year  and  thanks  for  past  services  given. 

It  is  through  your  self-sacrificing  efforts  that 
thousands  of  books  have  been  brought  to 
hundreds  of  readers  in  North  Dakota  during 
the  past  year,  and  we  trust  that  the  conscious- 
ness of  the  lives  brightened  and  enriched 
through  these  books  may  be  both  your  reward 
for  past  efforts  and  your  inspiration  to  future 
service. 


Acting  Secretary. 


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1910 


r I O THE  Librarians  of  our  Traveling 
-*■  Libraries : 

The  North  Dakota  Public  Library  Com- 
mission sends  cordial  Greetings  for  the  New 
Year  and  thanks  for  past  services  given. 

It  is  through  your  self-sacrificing  efforts  that 
thousands  of  books  have  been  brought  to 
hundreds  of  readers  in  North  Dakota  during 
the  past  year,  and  we  trust  that  the  conscious- 
ness of  the  lives  brightened  and  enriched 
through  these  books  may  be  both  your  reward 
for  past  efforts  and  your  inspiration  to  future 
service. 


Acting  Secretary. 


3ree  Books’ 


If  Not,  Write  the 
LIBRARY  COMMISSION, 
Bismarck,  N.  D. 


Have  You  had  a 
Traveling  Library? 


Do  You  Want  a 
Farmers’  Library? 


Would  Your  Club 
Like  a box  of  books 
for  study  next  winter? 


Are  you  a Student 
wishing  more  books? 


Does  your  town  need 
a library? 

Does  your  library  need 
help? 


Write  the 

LIBRARY  COMMISSION, 
Bismarck,  N.  D. 


It  was  Created  to  help  YOU. 


Public  Library  Commission. 


O.  G.  Libby,  Grand  Forks,  President. 
W.  L.  Stockwell,  Bismarck. 

Max  Batt,  Agricultural  College. 
Mrs.  Clara  L.  Darrow,  Fargo. 

A.  E.  Sheets,  Lakota. 


Mrs.  Minnie  Clarke  Budlong, 
Secretary  and  Director 

Sveinbjom  Johnson, 
Legislative  Reference  Librarian 




Voice  Print,  Denhoff,  N.  D. 


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What  are  Farmers 
Libraries? 


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Sent  from  the  Office  of  the  Public 
Library  Commission 


BISMARCK 
NORTH  DAKOTA 


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Farmer’s  Library  consists  of  twelve 
to  fifteen  technical  books  on  farm- 
ing. It  is  sent  by  freight  in  a 
wooden  box.  €fl  Three  respons- 
ible men  must  sign  an  applica- 
tion card  guaranteeing  the  safe 
return  of  the  books.  €][  The  lib- 
rary may  be  kept  three  months 
or  longer  if  requested.  CJ  The 
only  expense  to  the  borrower  is 
cost  of  transportation  both  ways 
and  payment  for  any  books  lost 
or  mutilated  :::::: 


January  1,  1911  the  Farmer’s  Libraries 

consist  of  four  different  lists  as  follows: 

Set  No.  1 

Austin 

The  Flock.. 

Card 

Farm  management. 

Craig 

Judging  live  stock . 

Davidson  1 
& Chase  f 

Farm  machinery  and  farm  motors. 

Edgar 

Stoiy  of  a grain  of  wheat. 

Harwood 

New  creaton  in  plant  life. 

Hunt 

Cereals  in  Jlmerica. 

Hunt 

Forage  and  fiber  crops  in  America. 

Lipman 

Bacteria  in  relation  to  country  life. 

Lock 

V ariation,  heredity  and  evolution. 

Mayo 

Diseases  of  Animals. 

Parloa 

Home  economics. 

Shaw 

Animal  breeding. 

Streeter 

The  fat  of  the  land. 

Smith 

Profitable  stock  feeding. 

Set  No.  2 

Bailey 

Training  of  farmers. 

Bruncken 

North  American  forests  and  forestry 

Green 

Popular  fruit  growing. 

Gurler 

The  farm  dairy. 

Macdonald  Dry  farming . 

Maynard 

The  small  country  place. 

Michels 

Dairy  farming. 

Plumb 

Types  and  breeds  of  animals. 

Powell 

Hedges,  windbreaks,  shelters  and 
live  fences. 

Sando 

American  Poultry  culture. 

Shaw 

Feeding  farm  animals. 

McDowelf  ] Elemen“  °f  Agriculture. 

Van  Norman  First  lesson  in  dairying. 

Burkett 

Set  No.  3. 

The  Farmer’s  Veterinarian. 

Cobleigh 

Handy  Farm  devices. 

Collins 

/ he  new  agriculture 

h letcher 

Soils. 

Green 

e Vegetable  gardening. 

Harwood 

1 he  new  earth. 

Hopkins 

Soil  fertility  and  permanent  agri - 

King 

culture. 

Ventilation. 

Publow 

Questions  and  answers  on  butter 

Pub  low  1 

making. 

Questions  and  Answers  on  Milk  ctnd 

& Troyj 

Milk  testing. 

Shaw 

Forage  crops. 

Smith 

Our  insect  friends  and  enemies. 

Spillman 

Farm  grasses  of  the  United  States. 

Wilcox 

Farm  animals. 

Burkett 

Set  No.  4 
Farm  Stock  - 

Burkett 

Soils. 

Dietrich 

Swine. 

Hunt 

How  to  choose  a farm. 

King 

Physics  of  agriculture. 

The  farmer's  business  handbook . 

Roberts 

Roberts 

Fertility  of  the  land. 

Shaw 

Clovers. 

Smith 

Economic  entomology. 

Snyder 

Human  foods. 

Snyder 

Soils  and  fertilizers. 

Taylor 

Agricultural  Economics. 

Wilkinsor 

\ Practical  agriculture. 

Wing 

Alfalfa  in  America. 

Write  the  Secretary  of  the  Library  Com- 

mission, 

Bismarck,  N.  D.,  for  an  applica- 

tion  card. 

2*  U^cU 


What  are  Farmers 
Libraries? 


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Sent  from  the  Office  of  the  Public 
Library  Commission 


BISMARCK 
NORTH  DAKOTA 


A 


Farmer’s  Library  consists  of  twelve 
to  fifteen  technical  books  on  farm- 
ing. It  is  sent  by  freight  in  a 
wooden  box.  €|  Three  respons- 
ible men  must  sign  an  applica- 
tion card  guaranteeing  the  safe 
return  of  the  books.  q The  lib- 
rary  may  be  kept  three  months 
or  longer  if  requested.  The 
only  expense  to  the  borrower  is 
cost  of  transportation  both  ways 
and  payment  for  any  books  lost 
or  mutilated  :::::: 


January  1,  1911  the  Farmer’s  Libraries 

consist  of  four  different  lists  as  follows: 

Set  No.  1 

Austin 

The  Flock. 

Card 

Farm  management. 

Craig 

Judging  live  stock . 

Davidson 
& Chase  j 

Farm  machinery  and  farm  motors. 

Edgar 

Story  of  a grain  of  wheat. 

Harwood 

New  creaton  in  plant  life. 

Hunt 

Cereals  in  Jlmerica. 

Hunt 

Forage  and  fiber  crops  in  America. 

Lipman 

Bacteria  in  relation  to  country  life. 

Lock 

V ariation,  heredity  and  evolution. 

Mayo 

Diseases  of  Animals. 

Parloa 

Home  economics. 

Shaw 

Animal  breeding. 

Streeter 

The  fat  of  the  land. 

Smith 

Profitable  stock  J ceding. 

Set  No.  2 

Bailey 

Training  of  farmers. 

Bruncken 

North  American  forests  and  forestry 

Green 

Popular  fruit  growing. 

Gurler 

The  farm  dairy. 

Macdonalc 

1 Dry  farming. 

Maynard 

The  small  country  place. 

Michels 

Dairy  farming. 

Plumb 

Types  and  breeds  of  animals. 

Powell 

Hedges,  windbreaks , shelters  and 
live  fences. 

Sando 

American  Poultry  culture. 

Shaw 

Feeding  farm  animals. 

McUowelf  Elements  of  Agriculture. 

Van  Norman  First  lesson  in  dairying. 

Burkett 

Set  No.  3. 

The  Farmer’s  Veterinarian. 

Cobleigh 

Handy  Farm  devices. 

Collins 

1 he  new  agriculture 

b letcher 

Soils. 

Green 

4 Vegetable  gardening. 

Harwood 

The  new  earth. 

Hopkins 

Soil  fertility  and  permanent  agri - 

King 

culture. 

Ventilation. 

Publow 

Questions  and  answers  on  butter 

Pub  low) 

making. 

Questions  and  Answers  on  Milk  and 

& Troyj 

Milk  testing. 

Shaw 

Forage  crops. 

Smith 

Our  insect  friends  and  enemies. 

Spillman 

Farm  grasses  of  the  United  States. 

Wilcox 

Farm  animals. 

Burkett 

Set  No.  4 
Farm  Stock  - 

Burkett 

Soils. 

Dietrich 

Swine. 

Hunt 

How  to  choose  a farm. 

King 

Physics  of  agriculture. 

The  farmer’s  business  handbook- 

Roberts 

Roberts 

Fertility  of  the  land. 

Shaw 

Clovers. 

Smith 

Economic  entomology. 

Snyder 

Human  foods. 

Snyder 

Soils  and  fertilizers. 

Taylor 

Agricultural  Economics. 

Wilkinsor 

i Practical  agriculture. 

Wing 

Alfalfa  in  America. 

Write  the  Secretary  of  the  Library  Com- 

mission, 

Bismarck,  N.  D.,  for  an  applica- 

tion  card. 

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WORK  ACCOMPLISHED  FROM  ITS 
BEGINNING,  1908,  TO 
JULY  1,  1912 


SUMMARY  OF  STATISTICS  BY  DEPARTMENTS 


1908 

Traveling  Library  Department 

Number  of  traveling  libraries 19 

Number  of  books  in  traveling  libraries 851 

Number  of  traveling  library  stations. 19 

Number  of  farmers’  libraries 

Number  of  books  in  farmers’  libraries 

*15  Traveling  libraries  were  withdrawn  in  1911,  worn  out. 

Educational  Reference  Department 

Number  of  educational  reference  books 

Number  of  books  loaned  from  educational  reference  library 

Number  of  pamphlets  and  clippings  loaned 


Indefinite  Loan  (Worn  books  sent  to  rural  schools  when  requested) 1190 

Field  Work 

Number  of  public  libraries  in  state 27  33  37 

Number  of  Carnegie  buildings 6 8 10 

Number  of  Memorial  buildings 1 5 

Number  of  trips  of  organizer 12 

Number  of  library  visits 22 

Publicity 

Number  of  addresses  given 12 

Number  of  advertising  trips  and  exhibits 8 

Legislative  Reference  Department 


The  work  of  the  legislative  reference  department  cannot  be  summarized  in  statistics.  This  department 
assists  legislators,  state  and  city  officers  and  other  public  men  to  the  information  needed  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duties. 

This  summary  is  taken  from  the  Third  Biennial  Report  of  the 
Public  Library  Commission  now  in  the  hands  of  the  printer. 


1910  1912 

117  151* 

6158  7165 

138  356 

25  95 

365  1270 


2425  3175 

4570 
1542 


January  25,  1913 


(Mrs.)  Minnie  Clarke  Budlong, 
Secretary  and  Director  Public  Library  Commission 


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North  Dakota 


State  public  ^library  Commission 

WORK  ACCOMPLISHED  FROM  ITS 
BEGINNING,  1S08,  TO 
JULY  1,  1912 


SUMMARY  OF  STATISTICS  BY  DEPARTMENTS 


1908 

Traveling  Library  Department 

Number  of  traveling  libraries 19 

Number  of  books  in  traveling  libraries 851 

Number  of  traveling  library  stations 19 

Number  of  farmers’  libraries 

Number  of  books  in  farmers’  libraries 

*15  Traveling  libraries  were  withdrawn  in  1911,  worn  out. 

Educational  Reference  Department 

Number  of  educational  reference  books 

Number  of  books  loaned  from  educational  reference  library 

Number  of  pamphlets  and  clippings  loaned 


Indefinite  Loan  (Worn  books  sent  to  rural  schools  when  requested) 1190 

Field  Work 

Number  of  public  libraries  in  state 27  33  37 

Number  of  Carnegie  buildings 6 8 10 

Number  of  Memorial  buildings 1 5 

Number  of  trips  of  organizer 12 

Number  of  library  visits 22 

Publicity 

Number  of  addresses  given 12 

Number  of  advertising  trips  and  exhibits 8 

Legislative  Reference  Department 


The  work  of  the  legislative  reference  department  cannot  be  summarized  in  statistics.  This  department 
assists  legislators,  state  and  city  officers  and  other  public  men  to  the  information  needed  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duties. 

This  summary  is  taken  from  the  Third  Biennial  Report  of  the 
Public  Library  Commission  now  in  the  hands  of  the  printer. 


1910  1912 

117  151* 

6158  7165 

138  356 

25  95 

365  1270 


2425  3175 

4570 
1542 


January  25,  1913 


(Mrs.)  Minnie  Clarke  Budlong, 
Secretary  and  Director  Public  Library  Commission 


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NORTH  DAKOTA 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  COMMISSION 

Free  Traveling  Libraries 


RECORD  OF  CARD  HOLDERS 

OF  THE 


.. Library  Association 


Borrower’s  Agreement 

I,  the  undersigned,  living  in 


hereby  apply  for  the  privilege  of  borrowing 
books  from  the  Free  Traveling  Library  of  the 
Library  Association. 

I promise  to  take  good  care  of  all  the  books  I 
draw,  to  pay  promptly  all  fines  and  damages 
charged  against  me,  and  to  obey  the  rules  of  the 
library. 


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NORTH  DAKOTA 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  COMMISSION 

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RECORD  OF  CARD  HOLDERS 

OF  THE 

Library  Association 

Borrower9 s Agreement 

I,  the  undersigned,  living  in 


hereby  apply  for  the  privilege  of  borrowing 
books  from  the  Free  Traveling  Library  of  the 
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draw,  to  pay  promptly  all  fines  and  damages 
charged  against  me,  and  to  obey  the  rules  of  the 
library. 


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Borrower’s  Agreement 

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.Farmers’  Library  Club. 

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draw,  to  pay  promptly  all  fines  and  damages 
charged  against  me,  and  to  obey  the  rules  of  the 
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